Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel receives a traditional clapping-out ceremony on his final work day as he leaves the Pentagon, Feb. 13, 2015. Hagel, the 24th defense secretary, is the only enlisted veteran to have been appointed to the cabinet position. The Senate confirmed Ash Carter, former deputy defense secretary, to serve as the next defense secretary.
DoD photo by Glenn Fawcett In this Jan. 21, 2015 photo, Capt. Eric Zuniga, an Army veterinarian from Fort Campbell, administers anesthetic to Fezzik, a Flemish Giant rabbit, before examining the rabbit's inflamed ear at the Nashville Zoo in Nashville, Tenn. In order to be ready for whatever is thrown at them while deployed or at home, Fort Campbell veterinarians and techs are improving their skills by going on rounds at the Nashville Zoo. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)Airmen relax by a camp fire after completing a day of training during Exercise Scorpion Lens 15 on North Auxiliary Airfield in the city of North, S.C., Feb., 11, 2015.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder A Thai military instructor, known as “The Snake Man,” shows the the size of a cobra’s fangs during a jungle survival training course Feb. 12, 2015 at Camp Lotawin, Kingdom of Thailand. U.S., Thai and Korean Marines participated in the course as part of training for exercise Cobra Gold 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joshua Murray)150208-N-JN664-166 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 8, 2015) An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from the Dragon Whales of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 lands on the flight deck aboard USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) Feb. 8, 2015. Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Karolina A. Oseguera/Released)An F-16 Fighting Falcon approaches the runway for landing during Red Flag 15-1 on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 5, 2015. The F-16 crew is assigned to the 555th Fighter Squadron from Aviano Air Base, Italy.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika Iraqi Army Staff Maj. Fahmy, right, presents a decorative plaque to U.S. Army Capt. John Cumbie, commander of Company C, 2nd Bn., 34th Armor Regt., 1st ABCT, 1st Inf. Div., as thanks for Cumbie’s efforts in training more than 1,400 soldiers with the Iraqi army’s 72nd Brigade Feb. 13 at Camp Taji, Iraq. The trainees learned basic and intermediate skills from Iraqi and U.S. trainers over a six-week course. (Staff Sgt. Daniel Stoutamire, 1st Inf. Div.)US marines escort their people during a Non-Combatant Evacuation/Transportation of Japanese Nationals Overseas exercise as part of the annual combined military exercises coined Cobra Gold 2015 at a military base in Sattahip on February 15, 2015. Cobra Gold is a joint multinational military training exercise that focuses on maintaining and improving military-to-military relationships among nations sharing common goals and security commitments in the Asia-Pacific region including the US, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia. AFP PHOTO / PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKULPORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty ImagesNavy Petty Officer 2nd Class Adrian Martinezgarcia, left, instructs Petty Officer 2nd Class Jerry Williams as he directs a landing craft air cushion into the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 12, 2015. The Essex is underway completing certifications in preparation for an upcoming deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jason M. Graham In this February 14, 2015 US Coast Guard handout photo shows members of the deck force aboard Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, launching a remote operated vehicle into the water to inspect the disabled fishing vessel Antarctic Chieftain. Antarctic Chieftain became disabled and beset by ice near Cape Burks, Antarctica. The US ship was Saturday, towing the Australian fishing trawler to open water after freeing it from Antarctic pack ice, rescue authorities said. The 63-metre (207-foot) "Antarctic Chieftain" became trapped in ice some 900 nautical miles (1,650 kilometres) northeast of McMurdo Sound on February 10, damaging its propeller. The US Coast Guard cutter "Polar Star" was ordered to cross through 720 kilometres of iceberg-strewn waters to the ship's aid. The New Zealand Rescue Coordination Centre, which oversees the Southern Ocean search and rescue zone, said the US ship, which has a reinforced icebreaker hull, reached the trawler early Saturday after breaking through the ice around it. "The crew on the Polar Star then rigged up tow lines and began to tow the Antarctic Chieftain to open water," rescue mission coordinator Conrad Reynecke said in a statement. "They are making slow, but steady progress and are currently approximately 60 nautical miles from clear water." US Coast Guard / Petty Officer 1st Class GEORGE DEGENER
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An Army working group is looking at whether some soldiers at large installations and in certain MOSs ought to be able to stay longer at the installation.
